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| author | Matthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org> | 2015-01-08 20:36:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org> | 2015-01-08 20:37:08 +0000 |
| commit | 80e89772e2d531941bf4403ecf3d539557763985 (patch) | |
| tree | 88c6aba875b615d4ebb3a33178d7f5d7c7f4948b | |
| parent | Check the existance and versions of necessary modules when starting synapse, ... (diff) | |
| download | synapse-80e89772e2d531941bf4403ecf3d539557763985.tar.xz | |
spell out that local libs may need to be explicitly given priority
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 92b94bcd7d..2be201178f 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ To install the synapse homeserver run:: This installs synapse, along with the libraries it uses, into ``$HOME/.local/lib/`` on Linux or ``$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/lib/`` on OSX. +Your python may not give priority to locally installed libraries over system +libraries, in which case you must add your local packages to your python path:: + + $ # on Linux: + $ export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages + + $ # on OSX: + $ export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages + For reliable VoIP calls to be routed via this homeserver, you MUST configure a TURN server. See docs/turn-howto.rst for details. |